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Be on the lookout for a good logo for police Web site
Boston Police are looking for somebody who'd like to design a logo for BPDNews. No money, but they will issue a press release and photo.
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BPDNews gets an update
The venerable police blog has a new logo and now links to all the other online services Boston Police offer, including crime maps, district e-mail alerts (which seem mostly unused these days), but also YouTube copies of the "Call the Cops" cable show and Neighbors for Neighbors, an effort by former E-13 community liaison Joe Porcelli to build a social network for each of Boston's neighborhoods.
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Blue Mass. Group seeks development director
Blue Mass. Group is looking to hire - at least part-time:
Read more... We're looking for someone to help us raise money to build BMG and integrate original reporting and an improved technology platform with the robust debate for which our esteemed commentariat has become famous.
Your job will be to research potential funding supporters, from foundations to individuals, and help prepare and present applications for support. ...
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Hey, FTC, she got a couple of free bottles of fruit juice
Rather than face an $11,000 fine from the FTC, Rhea Becker comes right out and admits: The people who make Pom pomegranate juice sent her two bottles of their new kiwi and nectarine juices.
And they were awful, she reports: Only when she diluted them with seltzer did they stop overwhelming her with sugar (Ed. note: Hey, what a horrible waste of seltzer!).
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Blogging with Will Hunting
Blog Will Hunting is a blog whose authors only discuss "Good Will Hunting." Well, with an occasional digression, such as a photo of Ben Affleck dressed as a T worker.
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Where the cool blogger kids'll be on Oct. 22
At Blogtoberfest, starting at 6 p.m. at 28 Degrees in the South End. Free appetizers, even.
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Just what we need: A federal blog czar
CNet reports the Federal Trade Commission is proposing fines of up to $11,000 for bloggers who post reviews of stuff without mentioning they got it for free.
No word if magazines and newspapers that have been writing about free stuff they get from vendors without mentioning that fact for decades now will face the same level of scrutiny as mommy bloggers.
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They adorechester
From the stairway to Jones Hill and the fried chicken wings at Mrs. Jones to the diversity of the neighborhood and the varied terrain, Dorchester bloggers are posting lists today of the five things they most adore about their neighborhood. If you have no clue what Dorchester's really about, check 'em out:
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Joan Vennochi proves she doesn't look at her own Web site; also ignores US history
Vennochi goes after "Ernie Boch III," the not-the-car-dealer trying to organize a boycott of Howie Carr's advertisers:
The blogosphere opened up the public conversation to new, thoughtful voices, but it should not provide a shield to hide biases and private agendas.
Oh, excuse me, Miss High and Mighty.
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Herald advertiser offers discount reward for identity of anti-Carr pseud
The Herald reports that Ernie Boch, one of its advertisers and an Inside Track crush (Gals just love him to pieces), is offering no money down $2,000 for the identity of Ernie Boch III, so that Howie Carr can taunt him mercilessly "terrorize" him.
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